“I know.” Jacqueline wiped her eyes. “What now? Back to Caro’s?”
Arlo paused. There was a huge celebration waiting for them at Caro’s, he was sure.
“There’s one more thing I have to show you,” he said. “On the boat.”
Jacqueline raised her eyebrows. “We’ve missed sunset again,” she pointed out.
Arlo looked up at the stars. “I know.”
He rowed Jacqueline out to the Hometide. Her eyes were soft and happy, so different to that first time they’d rowed out together.
He helped her up on board and led her down into the cabin. Everything was freshly scrubbed and oiled, and the air smelled faintly of sawdust. Arlo lay Jacqueline down on the bed and propped himself up above her.
“What’s doing that?” she asked, touching his face. Arlo raised one hand; colored lights danced over it. Jacqueline’s eyes widened as she figured it out.
She rolled over, pushing herself up on her hands and knees to look at the newly repaired port window above the bed.
“Oh, Arlo,” she breathed.
He pushed a stray curl behind her ear, letting the joy on her face wash over him.
“I figure with four kids, no matter how good our intentions, we’re going to keep missing the real sunsets,” he said, his voice rough. “But we’ll always have this one.”
He’d replaced the broken window with a stained glass picture. The sun, setting over the sea.
“I love it,” Jacqueline whispered. She rolled onto her back and pulled him down on top of her, her curves molding to his body. “And I love you.”
She kissed him, and Arlo knew: whatever happened next, every day of his life, his love for this woman would grow stronger.
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